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A group of hip hop dancers cheer and embrace in a rehearsal room.
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Theatre & dance

Boy Blue: BB – Frontline Battle

Join Boy Blue at this explosive dance battle event, with an electric atmosphere provided by a line-up of guest judges and DJ's.

Barbican Conservatory
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Art & design Talks & events

Conservatory Takeover: Listening to Images

Free

Join us for a day of pop up readings, discussions, performances and workshops centred around Tina Campt's idea of 'listening to images'. 

A painting of two teenage girls asleep on a sofa. One has her head leant against the arm of the sofa, the other is laying beside her. On the left, the legs of another figure can be seen sitting in an adjacent seat. There are a pair of black shoes on the floor.
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Talks & events

In Conversation: Black Worlding

Grammy Award-winning artist and director Jenn Nkiru joins Alberta Whittle and Phoebe Boswell to talk about intersectional creativity and "Black Worlding", moderated by Tina Campt.

BBC Singers and Sofi Jeannin
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Classical music

BBC Singers: Songs from the Shows

Following the success of the BBC Singers previous visit to the West End and Broadway, Owain Park conducts BBC Singers and BBC Concert Orchestra in more music from some of our best-loved musicals.

Rodgers & Hammerstein
State Fair: It’s a Grand Night for Singing
Carousel: Mister Snow (Reprise)
Carousel: If I Loved You?
Carousel: June is busting out all over
Carousel: You'll Never Walk Alone
Stephen Sondheim
Company (opening ensemble number)
Company: You Could Drive a Person Crazy
Company: Being Alive
Claude-Michel Schönberg
Les Misérables: Master of the House
Les Misérables: Stars
Les Misérables: One Day More
Andrew Lloyd-Webber
Phantom of the Opera: Masquerade
Phantom of the Opera: Music of the Night
Stephen Sondheim
Sweeney Todd: Attend the Tale
Sweeney Todd: Worst Pies in London
Sweeney Todd: Not While I’m Around
Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe
My Fair Lady: Why Can't the English
BBC Concert Orchestra
BBC Singers
Owain Park conductor
Louise Alder standing by a large concrete pillar, smiling and looking upwards
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Classical music

The English Concert/Bicket: Giulio Cesare

A runaway hit at its 1724 premiere, Louise Alder stars in Giulio Cesare - arguably Handel’s most popular operatic creation – a drama teeming with passion and political skulduggery.

George Frideric Handel Giulio Cesare
The English Concert
Harry Bicket conductor
Louise Alder Cleopatra
Christophe Dumaux Cesare
Paula Murrihy Sesto
Beth Taylor Cornelia
John Holiday Tolomeo
Gustavo Dudamel smiling while holding his baton above his head
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Gustavo Dudamel

Four stories of faraway lands, opulence, and scandal.

Richard Strauss Don Juan
Maurice Ravel Shéhérazade
Rapsodie espagnole
Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier – Suite
London Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Marina Rebeka soprano
A view from the ground up of tall buildings
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Classical music

Academy of Ancient Music: Bach's The Art of the Fugue

Four actors, four musicians, one unparalleled musical genius. From the theatrical imagination of Bill Barclay, a completely new journey into Bach’s astonishing The Art of Fugue.

Image of the band Bang on a Can stood next to each other
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Classical music Contemporary music

Terry Riley 90th Birthday Tribute

Celebrate Terry Riley's 90th with a mesmerising tribute featuring Bang on a Can All-Stars, SHABAKA, Valentina Magaletti and special guests.

Dima Slobodeniouk clasping his hands in front of his face, with pink circular swirls around him
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Classical music

Slobodeniouk conducts Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet

From the depths to the stars; from romance to tragedy: Dima Slobodeniouk pairs Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet with Lili Boulanger’s mighty shout of hope and praise. 

Lili Boulanger Psalm 130 – From the Bottom of the Abyss
James MacMillan Three Interludes from ‘The Sacrifice’
Sergei Prokofiev Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet
Dima Slobodeniouk conductor
Marta Fontanals-Simmons mezzo-soprano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Chorus
fatoumata diawara, afro hair, colourful background
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Contemporary music

Fatoumata Diawara

Malian artist Fatoumata Diawara invites us on a cosmic journey through Afrofuturism.

Leila Josefowicz
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Susanna Mälkki

Showpieces for the orchestra meet a dazzling concerto, brimming with characteristic Stravinsky flair and melody.

Julia Perry A Short Piece for Large Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky Violin Concerto
Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki conductor
Leila Josefowicz violin
Quatuor Diotima holding broken instruments.
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Classical music

Quatuor Diotima: Boulez Anniversary Concert

Performed by one of its outstanding interpreters, Boulez’s uncompromising Livre pour quatuor is at the heart of a centenary tribute to the composer referencing Webern, Bach, and impassioned Debussy. 

Johann Sebastian Bach 'Contrapunctus I' from Die Kunst der Fuge
Pierre Boulez Pierre Boulez Ia & Ib, Livre pour quatuor
Johann Sebastian Bach 'Contrapunctus IX' from Die Kunst der Fuge
Pierre Boulez Pierre Boulez II, Livre pour quatuor
Anton Webern String Quartet Op 28
Pierre Boulez Pierre Boulez IIIa-b-c, Livre pour quatuor
Johann Sebastian Bach 'Contrapunctus XVIII' from Die Kunst der Fuge
Claude Debussy String Quartet in G minor
Quatuor Diotima
Pablo Ferrandez holding his cello
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Classical music

Elgar's Cello Concerto & Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances

A Russian in exile, an Englishman in despair, and a Puerto Rican take on fantastical fandangoes: a welcome visit from the RLPO under its charismatic Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan.

Roberto Sierra Fandangos
Edward Elgar Cello Concerto
Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Pablo Ferrandez cello
Sir Antonio Pappano conducting
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/ Half Six Fix – Berlioz

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. Introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.

Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor & presenter
Guildhall jazz singers
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Contemporary music

Guildhall Jazz Voices

Join us for a celebratory showcase of the talents of Guildhall Jazz department's sensational vocal groups.